We don’t have too much money to spare, but my husband-to-be has family in San Francisco who have said if we pay for the flights they will put us up in in their "Granny flat" for 3 weeks for our honeymoon.
By the time we get there, we will be legally married according the laws of Northern Ireland. Because of the timing, my passport will still have my maiden name on it (it will just take far too long to get it changed before we fly) but we will have our wedding certificate.
Obviously, as newlyweds, we’ll be spending a lot of time doing what newlyweds do, but according to the California Penal code, this is illegal. It comes under "carnal abuse of children".
Reading into it, the fact our age difference is only a year (I’m 17, he’s 18) means it is a "misdemeanor" – as opposed to a "felony" if the age difference was 3 years, nevertheless, it would make him a criminal.
Since we will be a legally married couple, albeit from another country, would there be an exception here – or do we need to find another place to go?